Unlike last year, this year's Warriors playoffs were generally smooth sailing, reaching the Western Conference Finals without much effort.

In the other semifinals, the game between the Spurs and the Lakers was extremely anxious, and the strength of the two teams was half a pound or two, and finally entered the tie-break battle.

In the tie-break, Kobe Bryant and Garnett teamed up to make a move, and the two combined to score 53 points, 19 rebounds and 18 assists, of which Garnett completed a triple-double, grabbed 12 rebounds and handed out 13 assists, helping the Lakers finally beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-100.

The original grudge between the Warriors and the Spurs could only end here, and the Spurs went home to fish.

The Lakers reached the Western Conference Finals again after O'Neal left, and like the Warriors, both teams belong to the Pacific Division, and the cities are not very far away, and for the Chinese in both regions, this is a series worth watching every game.

In the East, the Pistons ended up comfortably beating the Magic 4-1.

The Magic lost the series, but instead they were extremely confident, claiming that the Pistons were far inferior to themselves.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, four seasons ago, the Magic had the worst record in the league under Tracy McGrady, but it was a blessing in disguise that they received the '04 draft pick and acquired Dwight Howard, a great center. Now it seems that Howard's impact on the Magic team is clearly more than just a consolation prize.

"I think we're better than the Pistons," Magic forward Hedo Turkoglou said in an interview, "and if you watch all the games, you're definitely going to think that." ”

"I don't want to say the Pistons are better than us, but they're a really smart team," said All-Star forward Rashad Lewis, who is actually the most humble man on the team.

"There's no need to doubt that we're just as good as the Pistons." Howard, a rising superstar who was named to the First Team of the Year, was unashamed.

"I feel like we're a better team than the Pistons — sometimes that's the case." The team's general manager, Ottie Smith, couldn't find the north, south, east and west in an interview, "The only thing we lacked was the game experience. ”

"There's a lot of hope," Tekoglu said, "A lot of people think we've been amazing this season and want to know what we're going to do next, everyone in the team is feeling great right now, there's a lot of desire for a championship, and we think we're one of the best teams in the league." ”

The Celtics and Cavaliers fought 7 games.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals on May 19, the seventh game between the Celtics and the Cavaliers, LeBron James was unstoppable, scoring 45 points; Pierce was not far behind, scoring 41 points. The Celtics, who were playing at home, were superior in handling key balls, and the veteran PJ Brown broke out at critical moments, and finally won 97-92, eliminating the Cavaliers 4-3 and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.

24-year-old James, 24-year-old Delon, 23-year-old Paul, 22-year-old Howard, these new generation stars of the post-80s are all out, except for Yang Di, there is no new generation of players who can continue to stay on the stage, talent finally lost to experience, and some new chapters have been rewritten on the road of life.

Time flies like water. In 1986, the arrogant Jordan met Bird, who was in his thirties and was as steady as a rock. Jordan pulled the bow and shot the arrow on the right alone, as if entering no man's land, and scored 63 points in the game. After the game, Larry Bird couldn't help but sigh, "God wore the number 23 jersey. "But everyone knows that the sharp Jordan is hard to beat the old and spicy Boston Celtics.

Being young is a kind of capital, but being young also means having to wait. After four years, Jordan came back and made the famous Pistons to achieve the Bulls' great cause.

But Yang Di doesn't seem to be in this category, he is a new generation of stars, but like Tim Duncan, he is stable, mature, talented on the court, and dominates the box and the field alone.

At this point, the semi-finals of the East and West are all over.

James is out again, entering his fifth season in the league, and encountering the transformed Celtics, it seems that winning the championship has become more difficult.

In the second round of star reviews, James was rated as a widow, even if there is a former supergiant like Shaquille O'Neal in the team, but it seems to be difficult to act. Averaging 26.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game, James still had an all-round performance in the second round, but he also had the embarrassment of shooting only 35.5% from the field and averaging 6.1 turnovers per game. Relying solely on one person's performance to determine the team's victory or defeat made James feel powerless, especially when he scored a new personal single-game high of 45 points in this season's playoffs in the final game, but the team still lost and was eliminated, James felt even more sad that he was alone.

Bynum missed this year's playoffs, but Kobe Bryant still averaged 32.8 points per game in the face of the defense of the old Spurs, and the "KK" combination was invincible and finally won the series with the Spurs.

Yang Di was named the most dominant star, in the second round of 5 games, Yang Di averaged 34.9 points, 16.6 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game, the performance is still enough to be named the MVP of the second round of the playoffs, the Warriors broke the tide to the Western Conference finals, won 8 more games, can continue to lift the championship trophy.

James tried his hand at being outnumbered again, with last season's Finals against the Warriors and this season's against the Celtics.

After the second round, James made it clear in an interview with the Akron Beacon Times that he would put further pressure on the Cavaliers' top brass. 'I think we've got a good squad but we have to get better and if that's going to change some players, let it happen,' he said. While other teams are getting stronger, we can't afford to fall behind. ”

As far as his own statement is concerned, American experts believe that if the Cavaliers cannot win the championship within two years, then James is very likely to test the free agent market. Although James has two years left on his contract, the Cavaliers are now under pressure. If the Emperor rejects the Cavaliers' offer of a contract extension, he will become an unrestricted free agent for the 2009-10 season. James only signed a three-year contract, perhaps to give himself a chance to become a free agent.

But James was still smart, saying: "I'm not disappointed with my team-mates or the coaching staff, but I've always wanted to win, I've always been a winner, I'm a winner.

Yang Di said in an interview that he understood James's feelings, "This league is like this, it is very difficult to fight alone, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Cavaliers have made those reinforcements for James can not meet the highest standards, nor can they really release all the strength of James, he is a superstar, and he will continue to attack the championship position." ”